Politics & Government
(UPDATED) ELECTION 2012 RESULTS: 28th District
Here are results for selected Pierce County races in the 28th District.
The following are vote totals for the 28th District, as reported by the Pierce County Auditor's Office on Tuesday night.
Senator
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State Representative, Pos. 1
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State Representative, Pos. 2
Voter Turnout
As of this morning, the Pierce County Auditor’s Office had received 104,060 ballots, or about 25 percent of the ballots issued.
Compared to the August primary election of 2008 – the last presidential election year – absentee voter turnout is down, compared to 33 percent the day of the election. However, the numbers are somewhat skewed, as Pierce County still allowed people to physically vote at the polls at the time. Now, it’s all by absentee ballot.
Compared to last year’s primary election – during which Pierce County had started conducting elections exclusively by absentee ballot – voter turnout is about the same at 25 percent.
Elections manager Mike Rooney said the county now expects a return of about 40 percent of the ballots, down from the 48 percent it originally projected.
Other counties are also seeing lower-than-normal turnout.
Rooney said the primary date this year, which was moved up about two weeks, might also be contributing to the turnout.
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